Manifold bands

[Trigger]

That was the word i was looking for Ash "BZP". The originals were in fact BZP but, Honda superseded the part to a black painted one that DSS list as genuine (off another Honda) This is a problem because a lot of people think if a part is listed genuine than it must be original. Two totally different words that confuses a lot of people.

[Nurse Julie]

Thanks Ash. Will PM you

[steven400/4]

mine are black on all my 400/4 i was told suzuki gt 750 are the same type but they only have three so u,d need to order an extra one but i could,nt say if they were black or not

[AshimotoK0]

Well I found Julie 4 clips 2 black (NOS but 'shelf wear' ) and two heavily tarnished silver BZP ones. Killing two birds with one stone (sorry Julie and Graham). I am going to try the BZP plating contraption I am doing for Graham (99p challenge) on Julie's bands. I bunged them in oxalic acid last night before I retired down the pub and the black ones instantly lost the black coating so it's definitely not paint on that type, some form of plating or surface coating. The black style also have 'folded over edges'. I will post a few pics of the plating in action so you can all take the pi*s. Probably tomorrow night.

Ash

[Nurse Julie]

I will watch out for the pic's Ash. It will be interesting to see what happens. If it works does that mean I owe Graham 99p for the first ever use of his plating contraption?